Thursday 7 October 2010

National Poetry Day 2010


Home
when all is said and done
what counts is having someone
you can phone at five to ask

for the immersion heater
to be switched to 'bath'
and the pizza taken from the deepfreeze

Dennis O'Driscoll
from Being Alive (Bloodaxe, ed Neil Astley)

4 comments:

  1. it's true! man I wish I had a bath.

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  2. Good Lord! He has infiltrated my life.

    Happy National Poetry Day!

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  3. So forget where the heart is, home is where the pizza is?
    Happy pottery day!

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  4. thanks for popping by, poets, marineville is honoured to entertain you on this auspicious day!!

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